Australia's Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications is consulting on whether it should designate parts of the 3400 - 3575 MHz band for allocation by spectrum licences with respect to specified areas. This decision would support the ACMA's work to make the spectrum available for 5G. The draft… Read more...

Mexico's regulator, the IFT, is consulting on technical specifications for mobile terminal equipment that can use the 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 1900 MHz, AWS, and/or 2.6 GHz bands. The consultation is available for public comment until November 6.   Read more...

Eduard Lovin, the deputy head of Romania’s regulator Ancom, has said the agency will postpone the country's much-anticipated 5G spectrum auction until 2021 as the government has not prepared the regulations needed. Read more...

In times of economic uncertainty, investors tend to park their money in safe-haven assets such as rare minerals, government bonds and US dollars. The conventional wisdom suggests that risky projects that rely on cutting-edge technologies and unproven business models—like low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites—may struggle to find capital. Yet the… Read more...

The satellite industry entered WRC-19 with trepidation but declared itself satisfied with the result. Fears over 5G interference have receded, helping them pursue another key policy goal: being part of the emerging eco-system for the new mobile generation. The conference also finalised a momentous change - bringing competition to safety at… Read more...

Fears about the global economy are at a ten-year high but the new generation of satellites is bucking the trend, as shown in the latest edition of the PolicyTracker LEO satellite tracker. Read more...

Internet connectivity is a primary concern for the region, meaning that agenda items of interest include fixed, mobile and broadcasting, maritime/aeronautical and science spectrum, said ITU Radiocommunication Bureau director Mario Maniewicz. But the biggest debates may centre on the C-band. Read more...

This Tracker summarises progress in the deployment of next generation low earth orbit (Leo) global satellite systems. The first table covers mobile broadband projects and the second charts progress in offering other services such as IoT and earth observation. Read more...

The European Commission (EC) has urged EU member states to develop a joint approach to accelerate and facilitate 5G deployments, although it admitted that 5G networks will not be launched as quickly as previously planned across the 27-member bloc. Read more...

September 23, 2020: The IFT has extended the deadline for this consultation until October 21. More information is available here. September 1, 2020 Mexico’s regulator, the IFT, is consulting on several aspects on how it should assign 800 MHz, AWS, PCS and 2.5 GHz. It intends to auction 41 spectrum… Read more...